When Zhenyuanzi attained sainthood, the entire Primordial Desolation Earth trembled, and the news Primordial World across the prehistoric world like a torrent.
Various factions from the Primordial World came to visit or sent messengers to deliver congratulatory gifts.
However, the atmosphere inside the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain was completely different from this universally joyous celebration.
The Yuanshi Tianzun Venerable's expression was somewhat unfriendly; the current development of the Primordial World had become somewhat unfamiliar to him.
"Zhenyuanzi has actually become a new Sage of the Earthly Dao!" Yuanshi's voice was cold and hard.
Ever since Jiang Yun defied the heavens and attained Hunyuan, breaking the destiny of the Heavenly Dao, this Primordial World has been like a wild horse, with no fixed course!
Jiang Yun's faction first protected the Human Clan, preventing the Demon Clan race from refining the witch-slaying sword; later, the Spirit Gourd Daoist repeatedly warned us, ruining our plan to 'Ten Suns in the Sky' and trigger a decisive battle Witch-Demon and demons.
Now, Zhenyuanzi, who is on good terms with the Western Teachings, has also become a saint, and their power is growing stronger.
But where is the Great Trend of the Heavenly Dao? How can the Primordial World Great Tribulation Calamity Qi eliminated?
Laozi sat quietly on the Prayer Mat opposite him; Tongtian had not participated in this discussion.
He slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Yuanshi opposite him, and said, "
The second brother got impatient.
Zhenyuanzi achieved sainthood through the Earthly Dao, thus solidifying the foundation of the earth, which was not necessarily a bad thing for the Primordial World itself.
"Not a bad thing?" Yuanshi's anger intensified.
Elder brother, you are mistaken!
The stronger the Earthly Dao, the weaker the Heavenly Dao's way.
Dao of Humanity has yet to awaken, and now Jiang Yun is using the Dao of All Beings to prove his own path. The Dao of All Beings, humph, isn't that just the Dao of Humanity?
If Dao of Humanity truly prospers because of Jiang Yun's interference, it might awaken its own will.
Now that a new sage has been added to the Earthly Dao, the power of the Three Paths can no longer be solely controlled by the Heavenly Dao.
How can we then carry out our plan to eliminate the influence of Pangu... Father God... on the Primordial World?
If his will were to be revived one day...
The mere mention of "Pangu's Will" seemed to plunge the Jade Void Palace into a momentary deathly silence.
Even the proud Yuanshi had a deep-seated fear deep in his eyes.
"What you've said is also a hidden worry for me and my third brother," Laozi finally sighed, breaking the oppressive silence.
The Pangu Phantom was previously formed by the Twelve Capital Gods and Fiends Great Array Formation of the Witch Clan, was like a nightmare to the Three Pure Ones, who didn't know when it might become reality.
The three of them now desperately want to eliminate all of Pangu's influence in the Primordial World, as if in doing so they could cut off the chance of his resurrection.
"We have made several attempts to incite conflict Witch-Demon, all to hasten our fate and clear the way for the old order."
However, each time, he was thwarted by the Spirit Gourd Daoist. Laozi's words carried a hint of helplessness. "He is the Incarnation Jiang Yun, who monitors the prehistoric Primordial World on his behalf. He often warns Di Jun and Houtu, causing the Demon Clan Heavenly Court to be on alert immediately, and the Witch Clan to focus on the construction of the Youming and avoid conflict."
Unfortunately, Jiang Yun possessed a Merit and Fortune, making it difficult to directly attack him.
"Now that things have come to this, are we helpless?" Yuanshi, his face grim.
Laozi shook his head. "Jiang Yun attained the Primordial Hunyuan, greatly Great Prosperity of the West World, and later completed the Reincarnation, saving Human Clan from peril. His Merit and Fortune are almost equivalent to those of Nuwa Creates Humans."
The Heavenly Dao has its own rules. Such immense Merit upon one is something even the Heavenly Dao cannot rashly attack directly, otherwise it will surely suffer a backlash from Heaven and Earth, and the Order will be shaken.
Only when their Merit and Fortune been completely exhausted will there be a chance.
"Consumption? It lies Depths of Chaos, how can it be consumed? Are we just going to sit and wait for it to offend the Heavenly Dao?" Yuan Ji was quite impatient.
"Perhaps..." Laozi's gaze deepened as he slowly said, "We can go to the Purple Sky Palace to consult with Hongjun Dao Ancestor..."
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Venerable of Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes suddenly lit up. "Please ask your teacher to step in and resolve this?"
"The teacher is a person who Union with the Dao the Heavenly Dao, and maintaining the existence and development of Primordial World primordial Primordial World is the essence of his actions."
"Now that Jiang Yun's matter has affected the overall operation of the Primordial World Great Trend of the Heavenly Dao, how to handle it should be decided by our teacher." Laozi's words were firm.
Yuanshi Tianzun agreed wholeheartedly, nodding and saying, "Excellent! We will inform our third brother and go together to the Purple Sky Palace to inform our master!"
Space shifted, and endless Chaos Aura surged forth.
Beyond the Primordial World, in a boundless void where only those with a destined destiny can reach and where only those who attain the Hunyuan Dao Fruit can endure, the ancient and majestic Purple Sky Palace floats silently.
The Tao follows the natural way, and all sounds cease.
The Three Pure Ones arrived together and stood respectfully before the gate of the Purple Sky Palace.
The palace gates opened silently, and the vast aura containing the Three Thousand Great Daos rushed out.
"Disciple Laozi (Yuanshi, Tongtian) requests an audience with Master," the three said in unison.
A detached, emotionless voice echoed from the depths of the Purple Sky Palace: "I know your worries. Come in!"
The three entered the hall, but their teacher was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a wisp of Chaos spiritual light, symbolizing the origin of the Heavenly Dao, slowly rose and fell on the high platform of the main hall, with the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao forming its own rhythm.
Yuanshi spoke first, his words filled with urgency and worry:
Dao Ancestor, please report: Nowadays, strange changes are occurring one after another in the world, and the signs of breaking away from the control of the Heavenly Dao are becoming increasingly obvious.
Jiang Yun, a person who has reached the Hunyuan and possesses profound Merit, should have followed the will of Heaven and the Dao. However, he repeatedly defied the will of Heaven. First, he interfered with the Human Clan's tribulation, which hindered the Demon Clan's plan to slaughter the witches. Later, he warned Di Jun, preventing the Witch-Demon from having a chance to clash and thus hindering the progress of the Great Tribulation.
Recently, he Incarnation into the Spirit Gourd Daoist and facilitated the reopening of the Chaos Fetal Membrane Plan, allowing the Demon Clan to breathe and regroup.
At this moment, Zhenyuanzi attained the Earth Dao Saint, adding another pillar to the Earthly Dao. He also befriended the Western Teachings. As a result, the structure of all beings under the Heavenly Dao gradually Chaos, making it difficult for us Saint to teach and guide them.
If this continues, I fear that the authority of Heavenly Dao will be completely lost, the Tribulation Cycle will be thrown into chaos, and the Primordial World danger!
..."
Yuanshi delivered a passionate speech, his target Jiang Yun, as if the latter had become the most heinous person in the Primordial World.
"Hmm." Within the Chaos spiritual light, the voice of Hongjun Dao Ancestor was clear.
The Primordial Desolation World was formed from the Dao Fruit of Pangu.
He exhausted his strength to create the world and perished. His Heaven-Opening Primordial Spirit into the Three Pure Ones, his Essence Blood gathered into the Witch Clan, and his spine, supporting the sky, became Buzhou Mountain.
However, the Great Dao has fifty parts, and the Heavenly Dao has forty-nine parts. Pangu World Creation and proved the fruit of the Great Dao; how could there be no life left behind?
Its will has long been integrated into the myriad phenomena and Law Origin of the Primordial Desolation World.
This is not because the will still exists, but because the imprint of its principles is too profound.
At this level of attainment, given the opportunity, one can return from the depths of the River of Time and Space at any time.
Hongjun Dao Ancestor's voice paused slightly, revealing a serious tone. "
If the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Man in the Primordial World stand in a tripod, with Perfect World and stable Order, and when the three resonate and interact to the extreme... there is a one in a billion chance that the Power of Rules will spontaneously converge and trace back to their origin.
At that time, a new will may emerge, containing the ancient Daoist principles of Pangu and originating from the Laws the Primordial World itself.
While it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say that Pangu returned, it would be equivalent to the birth of a collective consciousness in the Primordial Desolation World that carried all of Pangu's Daoist principles and power.
Its birth coincided with the complete collapse of the Primordial Desolation World and its return to the Pangu Dao Fruit!
This world will cease to exist, and Pangu's Dao and Dharma will return to their original state.
The newly born Pangu may have instinctively Heaven-Opening, or he may have returned to Chaos. But all the countless beings of the Primordial World, including you Saint and the Primordial Spirit entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, have become nothingness and illusion.
Even though the three Saints were mentally prepared, hearing these words still felt like a heavy blow to their hearts!
Destruction you has nothing to do with you; it's simply because I've been reborn, and you will all return to me.
"Jiang Yun's actions," Hongjun's voice continued, "Are not simply a direct reversal of destiny, but rather a continuous strengthening of the origin of the Primordial Desolation World, raising its upper limit, expanding its inclusiveness, and thus delaying the arrival of the Great Tribulation."
His immense Merit and the grand Fortune of the Western Teachings are precisely the guarantee that Heavenly Dao could not immediately correct his actions.
It's not that Heavenly Dao doesn't wish to intervene directly; it's simply a matter of established rules, and the time isn't right yet.
Laozi Taishang, bowed upon hearing this:
The teacher's words enlightened the student.
Teacher, in this situation, what should be done next?
The Chaos spiritual light above the high platform suddenly receded, condensing into a figure dressed in an ancient Daoist robe. Although the face was indistinct, the eyes that looked down upon all living beings were like the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao Will.
"This situation must be broken. You should all return to the mountain and wait for the right opportunity."
I will personally go to Youming Houtu, and establish the rules!
The Youming World, the core of Reincarnation.
This is not a dark and gloomy place of terror, but a mysterious space filled with the Power of Reincarnation.
The enormous wheel of the Six Paths Reincarnation slowly rotates, each rotating rune containing the principles of endless birth and death, and the flow of Karma.
Souls, like shimmering specks of light, converge and diverge here in Order.
Houtu herself sat on the Dharma Platform at the center of the wheel. Her figure was slightly illusory, and she was one with the Laws of the Earthly Dao in the entire Reincarnation, the entire Netherworld, and even the depths of the Primordial Desolation Earth, in charge of the operation of the Earthly Dao.
Since the Ancestral Witch Body transformed into Reincarnation, although her soul was preserved through immense Merit, her emotions had been cleansed by the rules of Reincarnation to a state of near-indifferent calm. Only when her gaze occasionally swept over the Witch Clan in the Youming did a flicker of emotion appear.
After merging with the Earthly Dao, she could no longer feel personal love; only her great love for the Primordial Desolation World and all living beings remained. The only other thing she had was the connection between her soul and the Witch Clan and the Ancestral Witch.
The next moment, ripples spread silently through the space as a Daoist, whose will was subtly connected with the entire Primordial Desolation World, slowly stepped into the core of this cycle of Reincarnation.
He was dressed in a simple Daoist robe, his face was ancient and hard to discern, and his eyes were as deep as an endless Star River, containing the supreme Laws.
It was none other than Hongjun Dao Ancestor was in harmony with the Heavenly Dao, who personally arrived.
Houtu slightly raised her head, her gaze calm and unwavering. "What brings the Dao Ancestor to the Youming?"
She did not get up to greet her.
Hongjun, without any pleasantries, went straight to the point and stated his purpose:
Houtu, I have come here for Jiang Yun.
It has repeatedly hindered the operation of the Great Trend of the Heavenly Dao, causing the Great Tribulation of the Primordial Desolation World to be incomplete and the Calamity Qi to be eliminated, which will eventually lead to a great disaster.
I intend to banish him from the Primordial Desolation World, never to return. What do you think?
Houtu directly rejected the idea, saying, "This matter violates the rules of heaven and earth. Jiang Yun possesses Merit and Fortune, clearly having contributed to the Primordial Desolation World. How can he be banished!"
"You establish the Reincarnation, complete the Earthly Dao, and benefit all living beings; there is no greater good than this."
However, the awakening of the Earthly Dao was very late, and the reason for this was unknown.
The foundation of the Primordial World originated from the Dao Fruit transformed from Pangu's body.
Pangu did not completely perish; remnants of his will remain in the Primordial Desolation World. If the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Man coexist, and at their peak resonate, they will spontaneously trace back to their origins, perhaps offering a glimmer of hope for Pangu's return. At that time, the Primordial World will cease to exist!
Houtu's usually placid face was now rippling with emotion because of this shocking opening.
She mobilized the Authority of the Way of Earth to explore all things in the universe, searching for evidence of the situation Hongjun had described. After a long time, she finally stopped.
"..." Houtu remained silent for a long time. The illusory image of the Wheel of Reincarnation behind her Dharma Form slowly calmed down. Her gaze towards Hongjun became extremely complicated. "What the Dao Ancestor said... could there be more evidence? Or is it just one possibility under the deduction of the Heavenly Dao?"
Hongjun countered, "Even if it is one possibility dictated by the Heavenly Dao, are you willing to gamble?"
You probably already have the answer in your heart!
He paused briefly, his gaze seemingly piercing through Youming void, landing in the direction of Longevity Mountain on the Primordial Desolation Earth:
Zhenyuanzi's ascension to sainthood further strengthened the foundation of the Earthly Dao.
Although Jiang Yun was in the Chaos, his Incarnation the Spirit Gourd Daoist restarted the Chaos Fetal Membrane Plan, giving the Demon Clan a chance to breathe. These things, whether intentionally or unintentionally, reinforced the origin of Primordial World, increased its upper limit and inclusiveness, delayed the erasure of the old era's imprints, and indirectly accelerated the pace of the Three Paths toward ultimate Perfect World resonance.
He possessed immense Merit Fortune, protecting him from the manipulation of Heavenly Dao's will... yet he also became an obstacle that Heavenly Dao could not directly Restore Order.
Hongjun withdrew his gaze and returned it to Houtu:
We are one with heaven and earth, possessing only a great love for them, and are utterly selfless.
However, I also know that the memories of the past are deeply rooted in your heart, and you still retain a connection to the Witch Blood.
Hongjun made a deal with Houtu based on Houtu's ties to the Witch Clan and the Ancestral Witch.
Houtu used the Earth Spirit Origin Qi to attract the attention of many powerful beings in the Houtu Primordial World, causing them to postpone the construction of the Chaos Fetal Membrane.
The purpose of conquering Chaos is to prove the Dao. If one has the Earth Spirit Origin Qi, then there is no need to enter Chaos to have the opportunity to prove the Dao. Naturally, people will not have to go through the trouble of building the Chaos Fetal Membrane in order to break through the Heavenly Dao Barrier.
In this way, the Primordial Desolation Origin cannot be improved, and the capacity to contain Calamity Qi remains unchanged. If the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation cannot be advanced and the Calamity Qi is not effectively dispelled, it will cause turmoil in the world.
As the Incarnation Jiang Yun who repeatedly prevented the escalation of the conflict Witch-Demon, he would naturally bear a great deal of Karma Karmic Retribution, and the Fortune and Merit of his original body would be worn away by this enormous Karma Karmic Retribution.
Once Jiang Yun's Fortune has been worn down, Hongjun will naturally be able to expel Jiang Yun and Jiang Yun Incarnation, the Spirit Gourd. Without Jiang Yun's interference, the Great Trend of the Heavenly Dao can proceed, and everything will return to normal.
On the other Houtu of the transaction, Houtu, Hongjun promised that as long as the Witch Clan retreated from the Primordial Desolation Earth into the Youming World and never appeared on the Primordial Desolation Earth again, the Witch Clan would be safe and sound.
Although Houtu imprinted the True Spirit of eleven Ancestral Witch in the Reincarnation, intending to resurrect them after Ancestral Witch fall, it would be best if the eleven Ancestral Witch could safely survive this Great Tribulation.